Interieur van de Stephansdom te Wenen gezien naar het koor 1907

This photogravure by Würthle & Sohn captures the interior of the Stephansdom in Vienna. It's like stepping into a sepia dream, isn't it? I can almost feel the photographer setting up their equipment, adjusting the light to capture that soaring perspective. The way the arches recede, pulling you into the distance, it's all about depth, about creating this almost infinite space within the frame. I wonder if they felt small standing there, trying to capture all that grandeur? And those details! The ornamentation along the sides – you can almost feel the texture, the weight of history pressing down. It reminds me how much we try to contain when we make art and how much seeps out. It reminds me a little of a Gerhard Richter painting. I love how this piece plays with light and shadow, giving us a sense of the sacred and the everyday, all at once. It's a conversation between then and now, between the artist and us.